Pull My Daisy (1959)

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Pull My Daisy (Original Title)

StoryLine

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Details

Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 11/11/1959
Run Time: 26 min
Popularity: 2.084
Spoken Languages: English
Status: Released